Re: Ubuntu 14.04LTS package upgrades

Sounds like Ubuntu is exactly what you are looking for. For any updates
Ubuntu will fix the original version shipped with the LTS, so you don't
have any worries about a new version being introduced and messing
everything up.

Brian Cluff

On 09/29/2015 08:32 AM, Keith Smith wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm using Ubuntu 14.04LTS in a test environment because I needed a
> newer version of PHP and MySql than what CentOS 7 (RHEL 7) comes with.
>
> I've been using CentOS and / or RHEL for about 7 years and am
> comfortable with it. I am especially appreciative of how RHEL
> backports so no packages are broken.
>
> After configuring and using Ubuntu 14.04LTS I would like to move to it
> in production.
>
> I have heard horror stories of distributions upgrading to a newer
> version of Apache, MySql, and/or PHP and breaking the server or the
> apps running on the server.
>
> I'm wondering how Ubuntu deals with this type of potential problem.
>
> According to this page : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS Ubuntu 14.04LTS
> will be supported until late 2019. That is almost 5 years on the same
> version. I would expect to stay on 14.04LTS for probably 3 or 4 years
> depending on what comes down the pike.
>
> Thank you in advance for your insight!!
>
> Keith
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